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crosscontamination

crosscontamination is the alternative form of cross-contamination.

Meaning of cross-contamination

Noun

cross-contamination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-contaminations)

  1. The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.

Forms of crosscontamination

pluralcrosscontaminations

Questions about crosscontamination

What is crosscontamination the alternative form of?
Crosscontamination is the alternative form of cross-contamination.

Words near crosscontamination in the dictionary

  1. crossclass
  2. crosscontaminate
  3. crosscontaminated
  4. crosscontaminates
  5. crosscontaminating
  6. crosscontamination
  7. crosscontaminations
  8. crosscorrelation
  9. crosscorrelations
  10. crosscorrelogram
  11. crosscorrelograms

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